Ubisoft has confirmed it has been engaged on an “improved” model of much-delayed pirate action-adventure sport Cranium & Bones.
Cranium & Bones was first introduced at E3 2017, beneath the event of Ubisoft Singapore, and was alleged to be launched in late 2018 for the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Nevertheless, the sport has been delayed a number of instances since.
It was due for launch final November earlier than its launch was pushed again to March 9, 2023. Earlier this yr although, Ubisoft delayed Cranium & Bones as soon as extra. In January, the studio mentioned a launch date could be shared “very quickly” however over a month later, the sport nonetheless doesn’t have a deliberate launch.
Throughout a latest earnings name, Ubisoft chief monetary officer Frederick Dugue was answering questions from traders when he was requested about how the gross sales goal for Cranium & Bones can be affected by this prolonged growth course of. “I’m asking as a result of I’ve seen the opinions they usually don’t look significantly sturdy,” added the investor.
“We’ve been very proud of the playtest that we’ve seen in early January [and] we’ve got a really sturdy improved model to point out to gamers that they haven’t seen but,” Duguet defined (by way of PC Gamer). “So that is actually what we’re going to leverage within the subsequent month to drive extra momentum on the sport.”
Past a handful of personal playtests, Ubisoft has solely launched just a few gameplay trailers of Cranium & Bones.
Elsewhere within the earnings name, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot claimed that the various delays (together with Cranium & Bones‘) and cancellations the corporate has introduced in latest weeks was a results of the studio engaged on too many video games.
“We cancelled just a few video games as a result of we wanted to create space for different video games which can be in growth within the firm, and that’s actually serving to all the opposite video games which can be progressing effectively,” Guillemot mentioned.
“Now we really feel we’ve got the fitting variety of video games, figuring out that we are going to launch lots of video games in monetary yr ’24 that will even give house for the opposite video games which can be on the way in which within the firm.”
Guillemot additionally instructed business showcase E3 2023 may not go forward.
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